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This episode discusses the Default Mode Network's failure in depression, cultural practices of cranial deformation, and the evolutionary journey of monogamy.

Episode 104 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how the Default Mode Network fails in depression, why cultures do cranial deformation, and the evolutionary journey of monogamy. Social & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00 Intro 00:00:13 Question 1 (Default Mode Network in depression) 00:16:20 Question 2 (Cranial Deformation) 00:24:26 Question 3 (Pair-bonding in mammals)

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